Willy Eckerslyke <oss108no_spam (AT) bangor (DOT) ac.uk> wrote



Jim

"Jim Warren" <jimwarren (AT) OMITblueyonder (DOT) co.uk> wrote

There was a time when the phrase 'motor tricycle equipped with means of
reversing' appeared to be the decider of what sort of licence you needed.
Reverse gear = car licence, no reverse = motorcycle one. Probably not as
simple as that these days, but I don't think I'll ever need to find out.
Mind you, the OP probably thought that too ;-)

Ron Robinson

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I also have a faint memory of reverse gear having some significance on
trikes but can't recall what. Perhaps taxation class.

I have just had a look at my driving licence. This particular scrap of
paper dates from 1978 and in those days group C was "Any motor tricycle
(other than an invalid carriage) weighing not more than 410kg unladen".

There is no group for tricycles over the weight limit so I think group C
must be there to give group D (Motor Bicycle) licence holders the
opportunity to drive light trikes.

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On Sat, 1 Jul 2006 18:07:08 +0100, Roger <roger (AT) nospam (DOT) zetnet.co.uk>
wrote:


If you passed your test before 2002 that you can use a bike or car
license provided you have had D1 added to it.

If after the you need a car license to ride a trike and have D1

Robins no longer come under tricycle. Thats why you see so many robin
'trikes' on EBay, they didn't change the log book and now under the
new MOT you can't have them as trikes and they need a SVA test
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In article <313030303131343444A6B9CC03 (AT) nospam (DOT) zetnet.co.uk>,
Roger <roger (AT) nospam (DOT) zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
As regards driving licence what Ron said. There were quite a few bubble
cars without reverse so they could be driven on a motorcycle licence. Not
sure about any Reliant, though, since many used Austin 7 mechanicals.
Maybe early ones.

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Jim Warren wrote:
As I understand it, a car license is fine for trikes like the Reliant,
but the loophole that a full bike license (before x date?) was alright
ONLY for three wheelers was revised so it was for vehicles of a certain
weight; hence the 4-wheeled microcars. At some point it was also
required that the vehicles lack reverse, IIRC.

One of my mates up here had a full bike licence, used to drive three
wheelers, but found a Reliant Kitten just fits in the weight, so got one
of those. He got a full car license, so it's not an issue now.

Richard

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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
My dad's Berkely T60 lacked reverse, IIRC; they had blanking plates on
many of these vehicles and of course had the reverse gear in the gearbox.

Richard

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RichardK <atari (AT) NOSPAMbtconnect (DOT) com> wrote

facility for running the engine backwards (you can do that with a 2-stroke
if you retard the timing enough and spin it backwards). Then you had 4
reverse gears but no forwards!

Jim

In article <1f2qg.95234$wl.40290 (AT) text (DOT) news.blueyonder.co.uk>,
Jim Warren <jimwarren (AT) OMITblueyonder (DOT) co.uk> wrote:
Thought the Messerschmitt was a four stroke?

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On 2 Jul 2006 "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

What about the early Reliant trycicle vans which I think had front
forks and handlebars (or was it a quadrant shaped tiller)? When I were
a lad (about four) our chimney sweep had one of them but I wasn't
interested in the mechanical niceties then!

I don't think the Bond Minicar had a reverse, but you could swing the
front wheel (and engine) round at least 90 degrees, so it could turn
in its own length. Some of the more recent trikes (DRKs, JZRs, Hudson
Spirits, etc) don't have reverse so have to be pushed backwards.

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